Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Thursday, Sep 19, 2002
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Thursday, Sep 19, 2002 |
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Opinion
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Letters Rail accidents
The frequency with which major accidents are taking place is cause for serious worry. Not long ago, a major accident on the Kadalundi bridge in Kerala took a heavy toll of lives. Now the Howrah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express accident has resulted in the loss of over 100 lives. It is time the Government turned its attention to pinpoint the weak spots in the Railway system and initiate a massive programme for rectification of the vulnerable spots whether in the tracks or the bridges. An expert group of engineers should be set up to study the entire railway network by testing the stability and operational fitness of sections and bridges of doubtful strength. And, irrespective of the cost of rectification, this work should be given the topmost priority. In the meantime, the speed of trains such as the Rajdhani Express should be reduced, and track utilisation brought down to the minimum. While foreign countries are introducing trains with speed exceeding even 400 kmph, it is regrettable that the condition of tracks and bridges here do not permit even 130 kmph-speed with reasonable safety. T. R. Anandan Coimbatore
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